Sealey Challenge 2025

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29 participants (321 books)

01 Aug 2025—31 Aug 2025

Overview

Read one book of poetry every day during the month of August.

The Sealey Challenge was started by the poet Nicole Sealey in 2017. 

Challenge Books

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Early Works by Alice Notley

Early Works

Alice Notley

321 pages • paperback

nonfiction contemporary feminism literary poetry
Prayers Not Meant for Heaven by Nan Seymour

Prayers Not Meant for Heaven

Nan Seymour

50 pages • paperback

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

1 hour • audio • 2006

nonfiction nature poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Lunar Inheritance by Lachlan Brown

Lunar Inheritance

Lachlan Brown

96 pages • paperback • 2017

poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
mother by m.s. RedCherries

mother

m.s. RedCherries

128 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sánchez

Lessons on Expulsion

Erika L. Sánchez

73 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Scorched Earth by Tiana Clark

Scorched Earth

Tiana Clark

112 pages • paperback • 2025

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje

A Year of Last Things

Michael Ondaatje

111 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Year of the Snake by Lee Ann Roripaugh

Year of the Snake

Lee Ann Roripaugh

80 pages • paperback • 2004

lgbtqia+ poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney

Head Off & Split: Poems

Nikky Finney

116 pages • paperback • 2010

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced